#42. Parenting Quote of the Week
November 11, 2007 by kate baggott
Filed under Baby Care
Caregivers inevitably reflect their culture’s attitude toward children and life. The story goes that when Pearl Buck was a child in China, someone asked how she compared her mother to her Chinese amah. It is said Buck replied, “If I need to hear a story read, I go to my mother, If I fall down and need comforting, I go to my amah.” One culture valued teaching and learning while the other placed a greater value on nurture, and as a child, Buck instinctively knew the difference.
– From Third Culture Kids by David C. Pollock and Ruth E. Van Reken
